A leaver's personal folder is inaccessible.
Take ownership lets an admin claim ownership, then reset permissions.
Try this first
- 1Work from an admin account, not the user
- 2Backup or snapshot first
- 3Take ownership recursively
- 4Apply new perms and hand ownership to a group
When to bring us in
Folder with legal or audit data: log the action and the actor explicitly.
See also
- One DC or two DCs for an SMB office?Two is almost always the right answer; one DC is a single point of failure for logon, DNS and GPOs.
- Should I split FSMO roles across two DCs?For a small domain all on one DC is fine; with two DCs splitting is tidier but not required.
- How do I know my AD replication is healthy?Replication errors creep in silently; they only surface when logins or GPOs misbehave.
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